Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2017

Resource Potentiality, Mining and Mineral Economics of Commercial Granites from Rajasthan

Khushboo Kaushal, Vinod Agrawal

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 Rajasthan is richly endowed with large reserves of different varieties of granite spread over in 23 districts of the state, contributing 20% of the total country’s resources. Granite occurs in almost all the geological horizons right from Precamian to tertiary rocks in Rajasthan. Rajasthan granites are famous for attractive clours, shades and durability. The state has around 9190 million cubic meter of good quality granites.  Both conventional and semi–mechanized mining is being done for the recovery of granite blocks. The small–scale closely clustered mining is also influencing the local ecological and environmental setup in granite potential belts. In last 30 years the granite sector activities have increased many folds contributing significantly in economical scenario of the state. There has been a constant increase of granite export from the state and an average growth rate 10.89% has been recorded in last 15 years. 

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Khushboo Kaushal, Vinod Agrawal, Resource Potentiality, Mining and Mineral Economics of Commercial Granites from Rajasthan, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾4 | April-2017

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